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In analogy with linear motion, when the angular acceleration,
 
 , is constant, we have:
  -   
 | 
 = 
 | 
 t 
 | (8) | 
  -   
 | 
 = 
 | 
 t +   t 2
 | (9) | 
  -  
 | 
 = 
 | 
2 (  -  ). 
 | (10) | 
 
In the above equations,  
  and  
  are the angular
position
and angular velocity of the rigid body at  t = 0 . These can be 
compared to the analogous formulae for linear motion, namely
Eqs.(2.5)-(2.7).
 
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